ob Nursing 101
Famous nurses in history
Call the midwife
TV nurses
"OB" abreviations
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In the fetus, an unossified space, or "soft spot", consisting of a strong band of connective tissue lying between the cranial bones of the skull
What is a fontanel?
100
She has been called"The lady with the lamp", the "Queen of Nurses", and the "Soldiers Friend." She was born into a wealthy British family on May 12, 1820. She heard her call to nursing early in life. It was her experience during the Crimean war that changed her path from 19th century nurse to Legendary Nurse. We celebrate National Nurses day on her birthday each May 12th
Who is Florence Nightengale
100
Persistent high blood pressure greater than 140/90 that develops during pregnancy or during post partum period that is associated with protein in the urine or the new development of decreased platelets, kidney or liver involvement, fluid in the lungs or signs of brain involvement-seizures and or visual disturbances
What is Preeclampsia?
100
Male nurse character portrayed by Ben Stiller. Hysterical but luckless guy who has to deal with Robert DeNirro's sarcastic and insulting jokes about male Nurses.
Who is Gaylord "Greg " Focker ?
100
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What is umbilicus? used in charting the assessment of a patients fundus(the top of the uterus) in relation to the patients umbilicus-plus or minus fingerbreadths above or below
200
Test used to determine fetal well being using the fetal heart rate's response to fetal movement.
What is a Non-Stress Test? After the 32 week-normal results are considered the acceleration of FHR 15 beats above the baseline lasting 15 seconds times 2 in a 20 minute window of time
200
Leader in women's sexual and contraceptive educational advocacy at a time in America when the Comstock Act determined any information about birth control and contraception to be obscene, immoral and illegal by the federal government. She opened the 1st Birth Control clinic in Brooklyn 1916(illegally). She founded the American Birth Control League which in 1942 became the Planned Parenthood Foundation as well as the Birth control Research Bureau, an organization that offered birth control but also tracked its safety and effectiveness.
Who is Margaret Sanger?
200
More than 5 contractions in 10 minutes averaged over a 30 minute Fetal Heart Rate Strip, with or without changes in the FHR pattern
What is Tachysystole?
200
A drug addicted nurse who struggles to find balance between the demands of her frenetic job at a NY City hospital and an array of personal dramas
Who is Nurse Jackie-Edie Falco?
200
ROM
What is Rupture of Membranes? SROM: Spontaneous Rupture of Membranes AROM: Artificial Rupture of Membranes
300
Removal of amniotic fluid by insertion of a needle into the amniotic sac; amniotic fluid is used to assess fetal health or maturity
What is Amniocentesis?
300
The first African American woman to complete nursing training and become a Registered Nurse. She cofounded the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses(NACGN) in 1908. In 1951 the NACGN became a part of the ANA
Who is Mary Eliza Mahoney?
300
Blood loss from the uterus of more than 500 cc after a vaginal delivery or more than 1000 cc following a Cesarean delivery
What is a Post Partum Hemorrhage (PPH)?
300
Nurses have tough soul challenging jobs that necessitate a certain amount of gruffness or black humor, but they also can have a lot of fun or at least look at things in away that puts a smile on their faces or others, such is the case of this no-nonsense wife of a resident, a head nurse, who is constantly reminding us not to take any "$#!7" or not to sweat the small stuff
Who is Carla Espinosa from Scrubs? Judy Reyes
300
CPD
What is Cephalopelvic disproportion ? Baby's head or body is too large to fit through the mother's pelvis
400
A term used to describe the uterine fundus (top of the uterus) when it is not firmly contracted after the birth of the baby and in the early post partum period; excessive bleeding occurs from the placental site and maternal hemorrhage may occur
What is a boggy uterus?
400
Credited with introducing Nurse-Midwifery to America. She founded the Frontier Nursing Service in 1925 bringing general and maternal care to people living in the Appalachian mountains of eastern Kentucky
Who is Mary Breckinridge?
400
On Palpation using Leopolds manuvers the Nurse feels the hard vertex in the fundus and can perform ballotment of the fetal head independently of the fetal body. The fetal heart tones are auscultated above the umbilicus (upper half of the gravid uterus)
What is a breech presentation?
400
One of the first nursing characters many still think of when they think of nurses portrayed on TV. She stands out for being a portrayal of a nurse who did her job under extreme circumstances (Korean war) while remaining both a woman and a human being.
Who is Major Margaret Houlihan (Hotlips)? Loretta Swit
400
AFI
What is Amniotic Fluid Index? Estimates of the amount of amniotic fluid, an index of fetal wellbeing. Expressed in cm-determined by ultrasound, determing the deepest unobstructed vertical length of each pocket of fluid in each of the 4 quadrants. 8-18 is considered normal. Median level of 14 from week 20 -week 35 that reduces closer to term 5-6 is Oligohydramnios 20-24 is polyhydramnios
500
The two layers of the membrane surrounding the developing fetus
What are the Chorion and the Amnion? Chorion: the layer closest to the intrauterine wall that gives rise to the placenta and continues as the outer membrane surrounding the amnion Amnion: the inner of the two membranes that form the sac containing the fetus and the amniotic fluid
500
In the 1890's she founded the Visiting Nurse Service which became the Henry Street Settlement House. As a public health pioneer she was instrumental in getting nurses placed in American public schools and helped establish the National Organization of Public Health Nursing, the National Women's Trade Union League, and the Children's Bureau to help end child labor.
Who is Lillian Wald?
500
Fetal Heart Rate tracing with absent variability and recurrent late decelerations, recurrent variable decelerations or bradycardia. This Category is predictive of abnormal fetal-acid base status at the time of observation.
What is a Category III FHR tracing?
500
Scorned by co-workers for some tough decisions as head nurse and loved by audiences for her strong personality and on again off again romance with George Clooney
Who is ER Nurse Carol Hathaway? Julianna Marguiles
500
TORCH
What is a titer for T-Toxoplasmosis R- Rubella C-Cytomegalovirus H-Herpes virus type 2? Drawn on suspicion that mom has had one of these viruses during her pregnancy when baby is born with complications or prenatally when trying to determine why baby is not developing normally
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